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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Newsmaker Jordan winners broadcast to millions
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The Jordan winners of the successful ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ NewsMaker young journalism
competition have now produced their content and had it broadcast to
millions of listeners across the globe on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service.
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Their
stories are also available in audio and text on the websites
bbcworldservice.com/newsmaker and bbcworldservice.com/yourstory.
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Lina Ejeilat, 24, and Sarah Muthanna, 21, beat more than 500 entries from 20 to 30-year-olds in Jordan to win the English-language contest which was
aimed at non-professionals and closed in April.
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The judges were singer,
actress and TV presenter, Rania Kurdi, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's special correspondent and
presenter, Lyse Doucet, and Editor of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service News and Current
Affairs, Liliane Landor.
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Sarah Muthanna is an Iraqi medical student who fled the violence of
Baghdad when her father was kidnapped last year. Like many Iraqis, she
has found refuge in the Jordanian capital, Amman.
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Sarah's award-winning entry explores how Iraqi academics, students and
doctors are under threat of assassination.
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She says Iraq was once
renowned for its centres of learning but many are now fleeing the
country.
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"Being involved myself in the story gave me the advantage of
being very passionate about making it sound moving to listeners, but it
also meant I had to ask some difficult questions that stirred very deep
emotions and memories for me and for my interviewees."
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Lina Ejeilat is an electrical engineering graduate, working for a
telecommunication company in Amman, and says she is obsessed with music.
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Her story looks at Jordan's musical culture. She says that for too long
the country has been musically overshadowed by its neighbours Lebanon,
Syria and Egypt, but a new cultural identity is emerging largely
inspired by Jordan's alternative musicians.
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"As a young person, who has grown up in Amman, I was noticing big
changes in the musical scene in the city ... for so many years I'd been on
the lookout for concerts and music events ... but you wouldn't find a
Jordanian band doing original music – except for the Rum Group.
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"The last
two or three years have been fascinating to me, with the scene growing
quickly and bands striving to do something different and more
importantly in 'Ammani'."
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While the Jordan leg of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ NewsMaker has closed, Jordanians can still
share their stories with the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's English-language online audiences
around the world via the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's Your Story website.
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Designed to be a
global hub for people to share and showcase their stories, the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ
offers visitors expertise and advice on how to make the most of their
idea and often tracks stories as they unfold.
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Visit
bbcworldservice.com/yourstory for more information.
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